I've been very interested in genetics since I was introduced to them and have since taking up learning all I can about feline genetics. That being said, my oldest cat, Snickers, has a color that stumps me.
Here is a picture of her. She's a mix. Her mother was a calico with high white and we aren't sure who the father was, just that he was either a Maine Coon or a Siberian. Her litter mates were all tabby and all of them male. Two were gray and white tabbys and the other three were orange and white tabbys.
At first I thought she was a brown tabby but her nose is red with black rims. I know this nose color is seen in the silver and golden series. She is very obviously not silver so that leaves the golden series. I figured that she is either golden smoke or shaded. She has a pretty pale golden ruff and her stomach is a rather light gold color, though most of it is covered by the white spotting. Her eyes are amber with a bit of green.
Let me know if you need any more pictures of her.
Here is a picture of her. She's a mix. Her mother was a calico with high white and we aren't sure who the father was, just that he was either a Maine Coon or a Siberian. Her litter mates were all tabby and all of them male. Two were gray and white tabbys and the other three were orange and white tabbys.
At first I thought she was a brown tabby but her nose is red with black rims. I know this nose color is seen in the silver and golden series. She is very obviously not silver so that leaves the golden series. I figured that she is either golden smoke or shaded. She has a pretty pale golden ruff and her stomach is a rather light gold color, though most of it is covered by the white spotting. Her eyes are amber with a bit of green.
Let me know if you need any more pictures of her.